WEST BATH, Maine (AP) A hearing is being held to determine whether the grandson of Beulah “Marie” Sylvester will be tried an adult for killing her in a Bowdoinham home they shared.
A hearing for Dominic Sylvester, who was 16 at the time of her death, is scheduled for Thursday.
He’s charged with murder in the death of his grandmother, who served as his guardian.
Court records indicate Sylvester called 911 in February 2018 seeking help for his grandmother and that he told detectives at the hospital that he had hit her on the head with a stick.
He was initially charged in juvenile court.
A judge must consider the nature of the crime, the maturity of the defendant, and sentencing alternatives in determining whether to try him as an adult.
